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TABULATING MACHINE Filed Sept. 10, 1925 15 4Sheets-Sheet 13 Patented Sept. 9, 1930- Y UNITED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE CLAIR D. LAKE, OIE'A BINGHAHTON, AND FREDERICK A. STOBEY, OI ENCDICOTT, NIW

YORK, ABSIGNOBS T THE TABULATING YORK, A CORPORATION Ol' NEW JERSEY IACHINE COMPANY, OF ENDICOTT, NEW

'ranuurrse uc3m Application' Bled September 10, 1905. Serial No. 55,487.

lThis invention covers improvements in record-controlled tabulating machines, and

more particularly improvements in printing tabulators having automatic control devices. Broadly, the invention is directed to the provision of a machine which is much more exible in the direction of being set up to l secure numerous and various results as detinue tabulating and adding another group of.

items coordinated to another control number and printing the total of that group when a change of its control number occurs, and finally in automatically rinting a grand total of allitems previous y tabulated, on a 'change of still another group number. Heretofore 'such results have required manipulative operations by the operator in addition to automatic operations by the machine. The present machine performs all such operations automatically under control of the record n change of another control number, particu-A o taneous change of different controlnumbers. v

cards.

Tabulating machines as at present' conf structed are arranged to analyze perforated records, add and printy items, and to automatically print totals upon a change in the group designating perforationsl of the record. Heretofore provisions have not been made for taking-a total automaticall upon a change vof one control number and or taking another total automatically upon the larly in cases where both or a plurality of control numbers change simultaneusly.

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a tabulator of the automaticall controlled type in which a succession of di t ferent totals may be taken automaticalleby rs the machine as the various control rnum change, and also in the further provisibn of means for permitting the automatic taking of totals in. the event that there is a simul- Provision is made `for taking the proper totals regardless of whether control numbers change sequentially or simultaneously.

Another .object is to 've such machines a wider range of usefu ess by roviding nfechanism of greater capacity and exibility, to the end that the machines can analyze records, such as perforated cards, and print data derived therefrom in any predetermined field on the data sheet. l

Another object is to provide means whereby totals may be printed wherever desired on the data sheet, lrrespective of the locatio of the counters wherein such totals are accumulated.

Another object is to provide means whereby thegroup control indications, may be in any field or fields on the record cards, from which fields they may be printed in any lield onthe data sheet. Y Another object is to provide means whereby apluralit of counters mayadd concurrently from t e same field on the record card,

and print a-plurality of classes of totals in ahsingle field or in separate fields on the data s eet.

lAnother object provides 'that a plurality of accumulatois may add i minor and -major totals from thesame field on the record, and print such totals in the same field or in separate fields on the data sheet, and that said ,n major totals may include said minor totals.

Another object is to rovide a plurality of printing and reset cyc es occurring sequentially and printing in order the minor, intermediate, and major totals, either in the same or in separate columns.

Another ob3ect is to provide means whereby, if a plurality of groups should change simultaneously, their totals will be printed se uentially. T' Y nother object is to provide means whereby on a chan e of intermediate or major control the macine will stop, takea total, and reset automatically. j

Another lobject is to. rovide means wherebyl a plurality oftota printing cycles are performed, in which printing either takes place or does not take place, de ending on l changes of group indicatingl num rs.

Other objects and advantages will be here-y` inafter set forth in the accompanying specifications and claims and shown in the drawings, which by way of illustration show what is now considered to be the preferred embodiment ofthe invention.

In the drawings,

Fi 1 is a front elevation of our machine, showing the card feeding and stacking mechanism, the 10 counters arranged in two banks of iive counters Yeach, the printing section, and a portion of the plug board.-

Fig. 2 is a section through the printing portion of the machine, on line 2- 2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Fig. 1, showing a portion of the control devices for sequential printing and resetting.

Fig. 4 is a view of the control devices taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a view taken on line 5-5 of Fig.

1, showing printing cam, paper feed mecha.

nism, etc.

' Fig. 6 is a view on line 6-6 of Fig. 1,

showin total print Contact mechanism, etc.

Fig. I is a lan view, partly in section, on line 7-7 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 8 is a plan view, partly in section, on line 8--8 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 9 is an enlarged view, partly in section, of a portionpof Fig. 1, showing the zero button control mechanism. v

Figs. 10, 10", 10b, taken together, comprise the circuit dia rams of the machine.

Fig. 11 is a dia rammatic representation of the plug board o the machine.

Fig. 12 is a circuit diagram of an alternative zero buttoncontrollin circuit.

In its general aspects this machine -is simi-v lar to previous machines, and its plan-of operation can best be learned from the circuit diagram'in Figs. 10,10 and 10". In place of using only five counters .as heretofore, we now The lower brushes 'are connected to theusual multiple plug` sockets 53 and the counter magnets of the machine are-wired tosockets 54. There are -80 sockets 54 and 45 sockets '53. In place of directly wiring through the total taking contacts in the present machine these total-taking contacts 55 are wired to plug sockets 56. The printer magnets 57 are wired to multiple plug sockets 58. This arrangement is provided in order to permit the cross-plugging from one set of total-taking contacts 55 to printing magnets in any desired section of the printer. A

In the presentmachine one hundred rint'- ninety for the ten counters of nine digits each, and ten extra for the printing of asterisks.

. The total contacts 55 in place of bein wired to a common zero button contact as eretofore are wired to individual contacts 59.v The zero button contacts 59 on each counter are arranged to be operated together in unison by a suitable-connection 60 which is operated by a controlling magnet 61, in place of being operated lmanually as heretofore. It will be understood that there is a magnet 61 for each counter, and the energization of this magnet is adapted to close all the zero vbutton con tacts 59 pertaining to that particular counter.

The contact blocks of up er brushes 51 are wired to plug sockets 62.' Fhese plug sockets 62, by the usual plugs and wires 63 may be connected to sockets 64 of the automatic control unit generally designated as 65. This control unit also has sockets 66 which in the usual way are plugged back to the lower brush plugsockets 53 for controlling purposes.

The control unit is provided with control contacts 67. These contacts 67 are arranged in the customary way so that they arev closed upon the energization of the automatic control magnets 68 and remain open when these individual magnets are not energized. There is one pair of contacts 67 for each magnet 68. Suitable means such as manipulative switches 69 are rovided for connecting adjacent contacts 67 together in series. The individual contacts- 67 are electrically connected to plug sockets 70 as shown in Fig. 10a. As shown in this ligure there -are eight airs of contacts 67, and for convenience of escription we have numbered them 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8.

For purposes of further explanation we have, in Fig. 10, divided the control unit into 'three sections. Switches 69 are closed between contacts 1 and 2 and between 2 and 3, so ,that contacts 1, 2, and 3 are in series. Switches 69 are open between contacts 3 and 4, and between 4 and 5, but closed between 5 and 6. They are open between 6 and 7, and between 7 and 8. Plug connections 71 and 72 are inserted in the outer socket 70 corresponding to contacts 67 in the 1, 2. and

.3 positions. vPlug connections 73 and 74 are `connected to the outer sockets of the- 5 and 6 series, and connections 75 and 76 are plugged into sockets 70 of column 8. We

thus have contacts 1, 2, and 3 in one group or series, contacts 5 and 6 in another series, and contact 8 in another ciruit. In the illustrative wiring herein shown, the 1, 2, and 3 control.

Wire 71 leadsthrough upper card lever 77 to one side of cam contacts C-1. Wire 72 leads to the opposite side of cam contacts `C--1. As in revious machines if a change ing magnets 57 are provided, there ing in group num er occurs on the 1, 2, 3, positrol relay coil 79 upon its deenergization opens contacts. 80'a'nd allows contacts 81 to close. The opening of contacts 80 interrupts the main circuit and the closure of con# tacts 81 is .merely utilized to allow cam contacts L-4 to bring the motor home .to the D positon. A

The above has beenused in previous machines, but in this present machine provision is also made, by'means of the split control device for also automatically'stopping the machine on a change' in either the intermediate or major controls,.represented by columns 5-'-6, and 8, respectlvely. After the machine is stopped provision is made for automatically bringing about a total taking operation under the control of the split control device on its major sect-ions, and for thereafter resettin the particular counter or counters to zero. he method by which this is brought about will now be described.

Wires 73 and 74 extend to binder posts 82 and 83while wires 75 and 76 extend to binder posts 84 and 85. Posts 82 and 83 are connected to oppositevsides of the relay coil 86,.w hile posts 84 and 85 are connected'to opposite sides of relay coil 87. The stopping of the machine on a change of the intermediate, or first major, control in columns 5- -6 will first be described. l

When contacts 5 or 6 are open current is supplied to relay 8,6 as follows -from Wire through relay 86, cam contacts L-9 now closed, resistance 91, wire 92 and through cam contacts P--7 and lower card lever contacts 93 to right side of line. At all times when contacts 5 and 6 are closed, relay 86 is shunted out of the circuit by line 90* through which current passes from line 90 to lines 73 and 74 Without passing through 86. When a change ingrou-pnumber occurs in.`colum11.

5 or 6 one of their corresponding contacts 67 will open up and'current will fiow through relay 86 as above described. The energization of 86 attracts its armature and lestablishes a circuit through relay coils 94, resistance 95,A supplementary stop relay coil 96 and thence through wire 92, cam contacts P--7, and out through right side of line as before.

Cam contacts L-8 and L--9 are'timed to I close and open synchronousl with the openthe D position. If the change in control number occurs in the major control circuitthrough the 8 column, relay 87 is energizedin a similar manner, the circuit being traced as follows from left side of line through 90, relay 87, cam contacts L-8, resistance 91 and throughv 92 to right ,side of line. This sets up a supplementary circuit through the armature of relay 87, relay-coil 99, resistance 95, through the supplementary stop relay magnet coil 96 to the right side of line as before.

The foregoing has described how a change in either minor, first major, or second major control has brought the tabulator to a stop. It now remains to describe how totals are automatically printed. These totals may represent the total amounts Acorresponding to either the minor, intermediate, or major coutrols, or any or all of them. It will be understood that in certain instances two or more controls 'may change at the 'same time. With our present machine it is possible to print the totals corresponding to these controls in the same column on the data sheet, utilizing the same printing bank for printing all totals. It therefore is necessary to provide a sequential operation, otherwise there would be confusion in the printing in one column, since more than one total would tend to be printed at the same time. y

In order to have the above sequential printing operations the machine instead of having controlling relays to stop the operation of the machine and call into action the various printing cycles.

The rst of our present cycles is used for Atotal printing the Aamount or sub-total. of the minor control number. The second c clel is utilized for printing a sub-total indicative of the first major (intermediate) control number, and the third cycle is utilized for printing the amount indicative of the grand total or of the second major control number.

To secure the above multiple resetting cycle the so-called P cams previously utilized in machines of this type are disposed onv a supplementary shaft 100 (Fig. 4) which is geared to the total printing shaft 101 by gearin 102 having a' 3 to 1 ratio. The P cams t erefore make one revolution for cach three revolutions of shaft 101. Inasmuchas certain of the P cams namely, P-l and P-6, control the reset motor operation these cams will not interrupt ythe reset motor operation orithe reset cycle until the end of the third revolution of t'he total print shaft 101. Another P cam -contact, P4, controls the automatic restarting of the tabulator and this cam contact is so timed that restarting does not take place until after three reset cycles have been completed. The machine therefore contemplates three complete tot-al printing operations. Printing may or may not occur in some of these cycles, depending upon whether' various control numbers change or not.

Referring now to Figs. 5 and 9 for an eX- planation of the zero button mechanism, and 111 are the dual resetting shafts of the two banks of the tabulating machine c0unters. The lower reset yshaft 110 is driven in the usual manner, and this shaft through bevel gearing 112, vertical shaft 113, and bevel gearing 114, drivesthe upper reset shaft 111. Each counter has.' `means for clutching 4its reset, gear 115 With-its shaft 110 or 111. The construction is shown in Fig. 9. Gear 115 meshes with a gear 116 having its hub 117 shaped in the form of a one-tooth clutch.

Adjustably mounted at the proper angular position on shaft 110 or 111 is a collar 118 having a pin 119 freely slidablein a hole in the collar. Pin 119 is .fixed in a clutch member 120 which is slidably mounted on one of the resetting shafts and normally held to the left, or out of engagement with 117, by spring 121. Clutches 120 and 117 may be engaged by pushing pin 119 to the right by means of sleeve 122.. The shifting of this sleeve may be effected either manually by means of the usual reset button 123, or magnetically by the energization of zero button magnet 61. The armature 61a of this zero button magnet engages a groove in sleeve 122, substantially as shown. It will be understood that when the reset clutch 120--117 is forced into engagement by the manually manipulated zero button 123 that the parts.

may be locked in engagementby means of the usual bayonet lock 124. If the parts are shifted magnetically there is no such locking action but the reset clutches engage only while ma net 61`is energized.

ne way in which the machine can be operated may be set forth as follows z-On a' particular counter which accumulates, say, the sub-totals corresponding t'o minor classifications, the reset devices may be locked b manual adjustment of zero button 123. t

Imay be assumed that it is desired to accumu late amounts of major group classifications in another counter or counters.` On that counter or countersthe zero buttons-are coupled up for electrical manipulation by the operation of certain of the relay circuits previously described. As illustrative of one use of the machine it may be assumed that any three counters are so plugged up to the lower brushes that they all add concurrently the amounts received from the same field on the card. Then assume it be desired to'print in one and the same column three separate classes of totals derived from that field. The

first printed total would be that of the minor 70 classifications, the second rinted total would be that of the first major (intermediate) classiication, and the third printed total would be that of vthe second major classification,

which latter would usually be agrand total 75 of amounts of all theyarious minor classilications, or a total of all the first major classifications. f To secure these results the operator of the 4machine would? crosslug from the total contact plug sockets 56 o the go variqus counters to the corresponding multlple plug sockets 58 of the printing' bank which was selected to print all three classes of totals. It will be" seen that the machine herein described provides means for printing 35 totals wherever` desired on the sheet irres ective of the locations of the counters on w ich the totals are accumulated.` For instance, the tfotals may be printed in se. arate fields on the data sheet, or the may e all on the eo same field one underneat the other, or they may be partly in one lield and partly in another, that is, in the illustration we are considering, two totals may be in a certain field one under the other and the other total may 95 be in any other field desired, provided only that the field is not already being used for another purpose.

The method of bringing about the above 4 results will be understood by reference to Fig. 100i is plugged to t e No. 5 counter zero button 11o magnet 61, and the No. 133 pair is plugged to the No. 4 zero button magnet 61. Continuing the tracing of the circuits, from wire 90 a circuit leads from the right side of 132 through theI armature of relathrough cam contacts Pf-8 to wire 92. From the right side of plug connection 133 a similar circuit leads through thearmature of relay 94 through cam ,contacts P-9 4and thence to wire 92. s Inasmuch as successive printing operations are required cam contacts 1:-9 and P-8 are so 'timed as to close at different points in the reset cycle. In the present embodiment these contacts are arranged to close during the secpreviously referred to a total will be printed 'hese pairs of plug connections 105 99, thence 115 l of the amount standing on No. 3 counter, the zero button of this counter having been manually thrown in and locked. When a change occurs in the first major control number, relay 94 'will be energized, thus attracting its armature and closing contacts 174. Whereupon, as cam contacts P-9 are closed at the start of the second total print and reset cycle the zero button magnet 61 controlling the No. 4 counter will be energized, the zero button will be thrown in, contacts 59 'will be closed and thetotal standing on No. 4 counter will be printed. Subsequently this counter will be cleared during the latter part of the same cycle. If at the same time a change has occurred in the second major classification relay 99 would be energized, closing contacts 175 so that upon the closing of contacts P-8 at the time of the total print and reset cycle the zero button 61 corresponding counter is energized, bringing about the printing of the tota-l standing thereon, followed by the clearing of the counter. The

total printing operations may take place from either or both counters whose zero button magnets 61 are plu gedto the rela circuits. Any counters may ie plug ed to t ese relay circuits by manipulation o plug connections 132 and 133. p

After the completion ofthe one or more total printing operations and upon the completion ofthe third reset cyclepreviously referred to, cam contact P-4 (upper contacts) will close and re-initiate the starting up of the tabulator. At the end of the multiple total printing cycle all of the various relays 87, 99, 86, 94 and 96 are deenergized, this being brought about by the opening of cam contacts P--7. P-'-7 is the only cam contact which can control 86'and 87, they not being subject to control of cam contacts P'-8 and Fi 11 shows a dia minati'c view of the. plug oard of the mac ine, and from this dia-V gram various o rations of the machine can be explained.y n the first place, the. machine canbe used as a simple printin `tabulator with or without control unit 65. v e present practice with tabulating machines vis to provide fortyve e'ective columns on the card.'

There'are accordingly lforty-five sockets- 62 connected to the upper brushes. Any selection of these sockets can be plugged'to sockets 64l for controllin The control unit 65, by

utilizing sockets $0 and switches 69 may be pli't at any point, between any'columns, as

esire From sockets 66 connections can be made to any of the forty-five lower brush plug sockets 53. From these' forty-five lower brush sockets 53 selective plug connections can be -made to any of the eighty 4sockets 54. If it isdesired toaccumulate items from the same .card field in two or more counters, multiple plug connections ,can be inserted in sockets-53- to the No. 5.

has already been described, in which the t0- tals of minor, iirst major, and second major classications are all madeinthe same column. However, it is not necessary that these totals be all rinted in the same column, but if desired, -t e can'all be in se arate columns. The se ection of total printing columns can be made at the will ofthe operator,

and totals accumulated in any counter can' be printed Vanywhere on the record sheet. The multi le sockets 58 rovide the means whereby t ree totals can printed in any column.. Y A

Inasmuch as in our resent machine there are more printing co umns than there are columns on the record card, it is possible to provide spacing between the printed columns which designate either'the control or group indicating numbers. The extra counters herein provided make itpossible to split the control numbers and effect printing ofthem` from the circuits associated with counters. This has not heretofore been possiblewhere additional printing sections were not provided.

As 'it is necessary to keep the reset motor running throu hout three revolutions of shaft 1.01 provision must be ma'de for keepin the reset magnet and reset motor energiz for -three complete revolutions of the reset shaft. When the reset key 140 is depressed two parallel circuits are established from the lleft side of line (Fig. y.10); one circuit runs through cam contacts P-6 through reset magnet 141, relay coil 142, clutch ma et contacts 143, reset key 140, cam contacts 2 and-out to right side of line through binder post. 10; the parallel circuit runs through reset motor 144 and thence throu h the circuit reviously traced to right si e of line. Thev rst circuit traced above energizes reset clutch magnet 141 and the second circuit ener izes' reset motor 144.

inmediately after the .reset key is de` pressed a stickcircuit is-provided extending through the'armature of relay 142 and wire -145 to Abinder ost 6 vand thence to right side of line throug the circuit previously traced.

These circuits are maintained until a period within thethird reset cycle. At that time 'contact P-l makes, thus maintaining the reset-motor in operation. After cam contact P-l makes cam contact Pfbreaks, deenergizing the reset clutch magnet 141 and a1- lowing the clutch magnet arts to be shifted to de-clutching position. t the extreme end of this last cycle cam contacts P-l a ain open, bringing the reset motor to rest. ust

before the machine stops,y cam contacts P--6 are closed to leave the: circuits' in condition to be a ain set up upon the next resetting cycle. he above lcircuits may also be controlled by the automatic reset cam L--l in the manner customary in these machines.

-A modification of the zero button magnet and controlling relay circuits, which may` be used in the present machine, is shown in 1g 12. This arran ement of circuits is more lnearly like prevlous control systems, and uses series instead of shunt connections. Assuming all plugging of the machine to be the same as already described, and that the same split controlling operations result in the printing of successive minor, first major, and second major totals, our optional control system is as follows z-In Fig. 12 are shown two relays 150 and 151 which directly control the printingA of first and second major totals. Contacts 152 of relay 150 become closed, and contacts 153 open u on the energization of magnet coils 154 o relay 150. Upon the de-energization ofcoil 154 contacts 153 close and 152 o n. Likewise upon the energization of co1ls 155 contacts 156 close and contacts 157 open. Upon the de-energizaton of 155 contacts 156 open and 157 close.

Connected in series with coil 154 through wires 160 and 161 are the resistance coil 162 and contacts L9. Upon the energization of coil 154 a circuit is established as follows magnet coil 170V which is connected through resistance 171 and wire 172 to the magnet coil 96 which'controls'the opening and closing of contacts-97 and 98 as previously described'. Similarly aline extends from contacts 157 through magnet coil 173 and resistance 171 to a yjoint connection withthe-circuit through magnet coil 96 to right side of line. lIt will be understood `that magnet coil 170 controls the opening and closing of contacts 174 while coil 173 controls the opening and closing of contacts 175. Cam contacts L-8 and L-9 are'timed to open and close synchronously with the opening and closing of contacts C--1'. l' Extending from either side of cont-acts L-9 and L--8 are pairs of plug wines 82, 83 and 84, 85, respectively, which are arranged to be' plugged to contacts 67 through sockets in such combinations as may be desired.

The operation is as follows If a split occurs' in the first major control columns (in this case in columns 5 or 6 of contacts 67 the circuit through lug wires 82 and 83 is open atthe time tiiat cam contacts L-9 open and as a result contacts 152 will open and contacts 153 close. The circuit previously described through coil 170, etc. will energize magnet 96, opening contacts 97 and closing contacts 98 to bring the machine to a stop at the D position. Similarly, if a change in group occurs in the second major control (or in the case illustrated,at 8) relay 151 will operate instead of relay 150. When coils 17 0 and173 are energized the operation of the circuits through their respective armature contacts 174 and 175 is exactly the same as previously described in connection with the other type of control.

The foregoing has described the plan of operation of our present invention with particular reference to the electric and magnetic features involved therein. Those portions of the circuit diagrams which have not been herein explained in detail arel well known in the tabulator art.

The same holds true also as regards the mechanical features of our machine, but in order to help towards a ready 'understanding of its general features we will give a brief description of its principal parts and their functions.

The record cards 200 (Fig. 1) are :ted downwardly one at a time by the picker 201. They pass the upper and lower sets of brushes -51 and 52 contained within section 202 and are restacked at 203.

Power is furnished to drive the tabulator by pulley 204, which in turn receives power from the driving motor through belt 205.

While passing the brushes the cards are analyzed by the brushes and the information derived therefrom is set up in the counters, which are serially numbered 1 to 10. .Subsequently the information compiled in the counters is printed, if desired, by the printing mechanism contained in section 206, on

data sheet 207 carriedby platen 208. The data is printed on the record sheet in any desired arrangement as already explained.

210 is the list-non-list lever, well known in the art, by which many of the listing and printing operations are controlled Whenever a printing operation is to take place the type 212 are raised by arms 213,

past platen 208. Each bank of type is arrested at the proper time by a catch 214 controlled by a magnet 57 through rod 215, so that when hammers 216 are actuated, the proper type are in position on the printing line. Hammers 216 are actuated by members 217, which are released at the right instant by arm 218.

Arm 213 is fast to shaft 220 and when the machine is set for listing operations the rocking of shaft 220 and raising of the type is brought about b listing cam 221 (Fig. 2) on shaft 222. hen totaling operations are i to be carried out the type raising is `effected by total cam 223 on printing shaft 224. Cams 221 and 223 actuate shaft 220 by means of interconnected arms and levers fully described in the other applications already referred to. i

Reset motor 144 drives Worm wheel 226 and this in -turn drives printing shaft 224 through the instrumentality of yprinting cam '227 (Fig. 5)., controlled by reset clutch magnet 141 through arm 230 and suitable ratchet mechanism designated in general'as 231.

^ rocks shaft 24() by means of arm 241 (Figs The paper feed is effected by the upwardly extending link 235 Which cooperates at its upper end With suitable ratchet mechanism on the platen. Link 235 is in turn controlled by the devices designated 236, by means of which the feeding of the paper is controlled in conformance with the work being done,

so as to effect single spacing, double spac-4 ing, or none at all.

he total taking device will now be decribed. When printing cam 227 revolves it 5 and 6). Shaft 240 is connected by interconnecting arms 242 and 243 with shaft 244 towhich the total-taking devicesr of the lower' bank of counters is secured. Horizontal arm 245, vertical link 246, horizontal arm 247 and the interconnecting vertical arms 248 and 249 serve to connect shaft 240 to shaft 250, on Whichl the 'total taking devices 55 of the upper bank of counters is carried. When shaft 240 is rocked by cam 227, shafts 244 and 250 rock in unison and the amounts standing on the counters are derived therefrom by the total taking devices 55 in the well known manner.

Driving motor TM and its wiring are fully described in detail in copending application of Lake and Page, Serial No. 6,981.

The lower card lever contact assembly 260 shown in the conventional diagram at the bottom of Fig. 10 is made `up of the 2-point assembly shown in the upper part of Fig. 10 at 265 plus the single point lower card contact 93 in Fig. 10.

We claim-- 1.V A record controlled accounting machine comprising in combination a plurality of accumulators, total taking mechanism and means for initiating operation of the same to automatically perform a predetermined succession of total taking operations vand means for selectively associating the accumu-A lators with the total taking mechanism to ber and order of accumulator/s from which totals are taken may be varied independently of the predetermined order and number of` total taking operations.

2. A record controlled accounting machine comprising in combination a plurality of accumulatore, means for automatically taking totals successively from one or more of said accumulatore, individual resetting means for individually resetting the accumulator or accumulatoi's from which the total or totals have been taken by the operation of the machine and preselecting means manipulable at the Will of the operator for preselecting the accumulators from which the total is to be taken and which are to be reset by the niachine' operation 3. A record controlled tabulator including, in combination, a plurality of accumulators, means for automatically initiating a predetermined fixed number of successive total taking operations, and means controlled by the record for predetermining and selecting the accumulators from which totals are to be taken.

' 4. A record controlled tabulator including in combination a plurality o'f accumulators, means for automatically taking totals succes-` sively from more than one of said accumu-- lators, means individual to each accumulator for resetting the 'same upon total-taking opfrom which 'the totals are to be taken.

5. A tabulat-or including a plurality of counters, automatic electrically controlled devices for initiating the taking of totals from several of said counters, and manipulative means for predetermining the counters from which the totals will be taken.

6. A record controlled tabulating machine comprising, in combination, electric `means for reading amounts from the records, a plurality of counters for accumulating totals of such amounts, tot-al taking mechanism and means for initiating operation of the same to automatically perform a succession of total taking operations, and means for selectively associating the several counters with the total taking mechanism for pre-selecting at the will of the operator the counters from ivhich the totals areto be taken during the successive operations of the total taking mechanism.

7 An accounting machine including, in

combination, electric means for analyzing 

